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Corentyne chamber honours top performers

Jul 27, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Corentyne chamber honours top performers

ALBION, CORENTYNE – Five of the top performers from Region Six, at this year’s National Grade Six Assessment, were honoured by the Central Corentyne Chamber of Commerce. The presentation was done...

Shame on those sons who abuse their mothers

Jul 27, 2009 KNews Letters Comments Off on Shame on those sons who abuse their mothers

Dear Editor, Many years ago, I taught voluntarily at the David Rose School for the Handicapped and those children were adorably loving and kind. I spent from childhood to adulthood with a foster...

West Canje to be permanently sealed

Jul 27, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on West Canje to be permanently sealed

LOCABER, WEST CANJE – Rehabilitation work is to commence in the vicinity of a breach at Locaber in West Canje later this week. According to Region Six Chairman, Zulfikar Mustapha, a $5.4 million...

The delay in Local Government Elections helps the PPP

Jul 27, 2009 KNews Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Comments Off on The delay in Local Government Elections helps the PPP

The recent suggestion that Local Government Elections may not be possible this year is a serious blow to local democracy and a lifeline to the main opposition, the Peoples National Congress Reform,...

One of the most horrible moments of my life

Jul 27, 2009 KNews Features / Columnists, Freddie Kissoon Comments Off on One of the most horrible moments of my life

Is Guyana a failed state? I believe it is. Mr. Jagdeo’s business-friends who are putting up tall buildings, would say no. One would like to think that these business people have a more than...

Land Court takes too long to address issues

Jul 27, 2009 KNews Letters Comments Off on Land Court takes too long to address issues

Dear Editor, The Land Court on Brickdam is supposed to address concerns of land claims and processing of land titles, thus, the facilitating of Transports to land owners. Part of this operation, I...

An open letter to Commodore Gary Best

Jul 27, 2009 KNews Letters Comments Off on An open letter to Commodore Gary Best

Dear Commodore Best, I am writing on a matter involving members of the Disciplined Forces, but before I would like to introduce myself in my various professional capacities. I am currently working...

FOR OLD CHIMES SAKE

Jul 27, 2009 KNews Features / Columnists, Tony Deyal column Comments Off on FOR OLD CHIMES SAKE

Hangin’ down from my window Those are my wind chimes Wind chimes Wind chimes (The Beach Boys) It started for me with the Wind Chimes of Loon. Not Kow Loon or even the Loon, the provincial bird...

Clothes and Identity

Jul 27, 2009 KNews Editorial Comments Off on Clothes and Identity

Clothes, they say, “maketh the man”, not to mention the woman. While man has been making clothes for quite a while (as far back as the Palaeolithic “caveman” duds) it is safe...

Cross bar kills 19-year-old porter

Jul 26, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Cross bar kills 19-year-old porter

Hopefully the death of 19-year-old orphan, Rodrigue Mendonza, will cause the Neighbourhood Democratic Council (NDC) in Parika to remove a cross bar from Butcher’s Street given the enormous troubles...

$140M Ophthalmology Centre commissioned

Jul 26, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on $140M Ophthalmology Centre commissioned

President Bharrat Jagdeo commissioned the first specialized Ophthalmology Centre in the Caribbean and Latin America, yesterday, at Port Mourant, Berbice. The Ophthalmology Centre is expected to...

165 youths complete five-day Police youth Camp

Jul 26, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on 165 youths complete five-day Police youth Camp

By Mondale Smith One of the nations top performers at the grade six assessment exams said, “I like technology and having my parents do everything for me, but this camp gave me an...

Expo and Trade fair earns kudos for Berbice Chamber

Jul 26, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Expo and Trade fair earns kudos for Berbice Chamber

ALBION, CORENTYNE – Chairman of the Private Sector Commission, Captain Gerry Gouveia, lauded the Central Corentyne Chamber of Commerce for its contributions to society. At the time he was...

Roraima Airways introduces new aircraft

Jul 26, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Roraima Airways introduces new aircraft

Roraima Airways has increased its’ local fleet of airplanes to with the latest addition of an Islander to its fleet. Yesterday, a number of local media operatives were afforded the opportunity of...

Three more swine flu cases confirmed

Jul 26, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Three more swine flu cases confirmed

By Fareeza Haniff The Ministry of Health yesterday confirmed three more cases of the H1N1 virus (Swine Flu), from a batch of 37 specimens that have been tested so far in Trinidad. Minister of Health,...

Judge temporarily bars CHPA from repossessing land

Jul 26, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Judge temporarily bars CHPA from repossessing land

High Court Judge, Justice Diana Insanally, has granted an injunction against the Central Housing and Planning Authority (CHPA) prohibiting the entity from canceling a transport, and repossessing and...

Man kills girlfriend’s mom

Jul 22, 2009 KNews News Comments Off on Man kills girlfriend’s mom

– wounds sister Enraged at repeated refusals to let him marry his lover, a 22-year-old minibus conductor hacked his prospective mother-in-law to death at around 22:30 hrs yesterday. Rajpattie...

President seeks truce between WICB, WIPA

Jul 22, 2009 KNews Sports Comments Off on President seeks truce between WICB, WIPA

…in interest of West Indies cricket President Bharrat Jagdeo, in his capacity as Chairman of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), brought together Dr. Julian Hunte, President of the West Indies...

US-based family donates $500,000 in gear to Flamingo FC

Jul 22, 2009 KNews Sports Comments Off on US-based family donates $500,000 in gear to Flamingo FC

Promises to back club in every way By Franklin Wilson Despite the serious economic downturn of the world’s economy, there are still lots of persons who are still sharing the little that they...

Jamaican outclass Guyana, Barbados go down to T&T

Jul 22, 2009 KNews Sports Comments Off on Jamaican outclass Guyana, Barbados go down to T&T

By Michael Benjamin Led by an unbeaten knock of 44 by Jason Rickettes, with support from Denal Shim (36 not out), Jamaica comprehensively defeated Guyana to notch up their first win in the...

Noble House Goals Galore Indoor Hockey Championships open

Jul 22, 2009 KNews Sports Comments Off on Noble House Goals Galore Indoor Hockey Championships open

The curtains rose Monday night for the first performance of this year’s Noble House Goals Galore Hockey championships with newcomers Old Fort ‘B’ men and Hikers ‘B’ both making their debuts...

Foo (51), Amsterdam (4-12) shine for Guyana on opening day

Jul 22, 2009 KNews Sports Comments Off on Foo (51), Amsterdam (4-12) shine for Guyana on opening day

By Sean Devers in Jamaica In association with Digicel, TCL, Western Union, GSL, Pepsi, Smalta & Demerara Power Company Jonathon Foo hit a confident 51 and Alex Amsterdam took 4 last session...

Darts players in action this weekend

Jul 22, 2009 KNews Sports Comments Off on Darts players in action this weekend

Darts players would compete for cash prizes and trophies when the Guyana Darts Association GDA), in collaboration with Gems Mining host an afternoon of darts at Granny’s sports Bar, Better Hope,...

Pan Am Games team facing sponsorship woes

Jul 22, 2009 KNews Sports Comments Off on Pan Am Games team facing sponsorship woes

By Edison Jefford The Athletics Association of Guyana (AAG) is still in suspense over sponsorship for the national junior team that is scheduled to compete at the Pan American Games slated for...

West Indies team for 1st and 2nd Digicel ODIs in Dominica

Jul 22, 2009 KNews Sports Comments Off on West Indies team for 1st and 2nd Digicel ODIs in Dominica

The West Indies selectors have named their squad for the 1st and 2nd Digicel One-Day Internationals against Bangladesh at Windsor Park, Dominica fixed for Sunday, July 26 and Tuesday, July 28. Floyd...

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The New Doctor’s Clinic joins World Cup as Bronze Sponsor

Sep 21, 2026

IMC Over-40s Cricket World Cup Guyana 2026 (Kaieteur Sports) The Cricket West Indies Masters Association (CWIMA) welcomes The New Doctor’s Clinic as a Bronze Sponsor of the IMC Over-40s Cricket...

Pace and spin

Sep 21, 2026

(Kaieteur News) There are governments that take a year to get started, governments that take a year to find their feet, and then there is the second Irfaan Ali administration, which seems to have been in office for approximately three years, seven months and a long weekend, even though it has been...

Crime thrives on weak justice, illegal guns and dirty money

Sep 20, 2026

By Sir Ronald Sanders (Kaieteur News) – Crime in Latin America and the Caribbean is no longer only a matter for the police. It is weakening societies, draining economies and obstructing development. It is also testing public confidence in courts, governments and democratic institutions. The...

Visa review

Sep 21, 2026

Kaieteur News – For now, all I have is a handful of questions. I think they have bearing, particularly when the temperature of the local environment is taken. Where did this “visa review” development originate from: official Guyana or the U.S? It has to be one of the two places,...

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